The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

The Hazel Wood by Melissa AlbertRelease Date: January 30th 2018Summary: Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: her mother is stolen away―by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother’s stories are set. Alice’s only lead is the message her mother left behind: “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.”

Alice has long steered clear of her grandmother’s cultish fans. But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother’s tales began―and where she might find out how her own story went so wrong.

Thoughts: This book got me by surprise. I was expecting the usually speak of a summary, but this sounds interesting that I am very tempted to buy it just to see what it’s all about. I think the notion of “the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother’s stories are set” that I am hooked…maybe this one won’t be like a cliche Yes that have flooded the market…we can only keep our finger crossed till January 30th!